WH Auden

A culture is no better than its woods

UK forest cover is 13%, compared to;

46%

Europe

32%

France

33%

Germany

74%

Sweden

31%

Worldwide

21%

Africa

20%

Asia

35%

North & Central America

According to the 2023 Forest Commission Report

The aim of this project:

Encourage

Walking improves blood flow and helps your cardio efficiency. It can help maintain bone health and keep blood sugar levels balanced.

Stimulate

Studies have shown that time among trees can lower blood pressure and cortisol levels, and help with depression.

Care

With the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, nature is under attack in the UK and parts of society care too little for the living world.

Climate change

Trees

Trees can not only capture and store carbon, but help reduce pollution and temperature, prevent flooding, enrich soil, and increase biodiversity.

600 years old

Lineover Wood

Lineover means ‘lime bank’ in Anglo Saxon, dating the wood to over 1,000 years old with the wood first recorded around 800 AD as part of the Dowdeswell Estate.

Two-thirds of Lineover Wood is designated ancient woodland. Among the mix of oak, lime, ash, sycamore and silver birch trees are ancient beech trees; one of them is over 600 years old and is thought to be the third largest beech in England.

One photograph, twelve frames

One year in one photograph

Locations have been visited once a month for a year. These twelve frames, one per month and then combined to create one final photograph per image, capture seasonal changes, changes in the weather, the light, and the locations themselves.

Three Sisters, Cleeve Hill
Highest point on the Cotswolds at 330m

Cleeve Common

Cleeve Common is the largest common in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is also the highest point on the Cotswolds at 330m. The Common is a conservation area and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its geology, habitats and botany and it contains a wealth of archaeological interest.

Cleeve Hill lies on the Cotswold Way, the 102 mile long distance walk that starts in the English market town of Chipping Campden and ends at Roman city of Bath.

One month of photography remainsAll photographs are works in progress